Akor Adams

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Akor Adams
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Adams in 2023
Personal information
Full name Akor Jerome Adams [1]
Date of birth (2000-01-29) 29 January 2000 (age 24) [1]
Place of birth Benue State, Nigeria
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Position(s) Forward [1]
Team information
Current team
 Montpellier
Number 8
Youth career
Jamba Football Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2018–2021 Sogndal 50 (14)
2022–2023 Lillestrøm 38 (23)
2023– Montpellier 19 (7)
International career‡
2019 Nigeria U20 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:42, 29 January 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16:38, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Akor Jerome Adams (born 29 January 2000) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Montpellier.

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Club career

In August 2018, he joined Norwegian side Sogndal from Jamba Football Academy in Nigeria. [2] He made his debut for the club on 28 August 2018. [3] He missed much of the 2020 season due to injury. His contract with Sogndal expired at the end of the 2021 season. [4] He ended the season with 10 goals in 28 games. [3] On 2 December 2021, he signed a three-year contract with Lillestrøm. [5] He made his competitive debut in the cup, scoring against Nardo; and then his Eliteserien debut on 2 April 2022 against HamKam, scoring one of the goals in a 2–2 draw. [3] In August 2023, he joined Ligue 1 club Montpellier. [6]

International career

Adams featured for the Nigeria under-20 team at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [7]

Career statistics

As of match played 29 January 2024 [3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cup [lower-alpha 1] ContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sogndal 2018 NFD 10100—1 [lower-alpha 2] 0111
2019 12300—1 [lower-alpha 2] 0133
2020 20——2 [lower-alpha 2] 242
2021 261010—1 [lower-alpha 2] 02810
Total501410—525616
Lillestrøm 2022 Eliteserien 238521 [lower-alpha 3] 0—2910
2023 15155300—2018
Total382310510004928
Montpellier 2023–24 Ligue 1 19700——197
Career total10744115105212551

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Akor Adams at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Sjøberg, Rune (16 August 2018). "Akor Jerome Adams blir Sogndal-spelar". Sogndal Fotball (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Akor Adams at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  4. ↑ Hopen, Andreas (17 July 2021). "Stor interesse for Sogndal-talent på utgående kontrakt". Eurosport (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  5. ↑ Stokstad, Morten (2 December 2021). "Akor Adams klar for LSK". Lillestrøm SK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Akor Adams nouvel attaquant du MHSC" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Akor Adams at Global Sports Archive
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